Improvement in iron farm-gate



' @Huited W. WHITNEY, 0E MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

y Letters .Patent No. 85,882, dated Jamba/ry l2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON FARM-GATE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o f the same.

To all 'it lfm1/y concern Be it known that. I, W. F. WHITNEY, of Milwaukee,

A in the county of Milwaukee, and State of Visc-onsin,

' frame being broken away to show the construction.

. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention' has for its object to furnish an im-` proved gate, whic'h shall be light, strong, durable, sim ple in comtru'ction, and adapted to any situation; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as'hereinafter more 'fully described. A are two iron bars, which form the frame of the gate, and which are of sucient length to extend ,along` the top and both ends of the gate, as shown in iig. 1. A suitable size for the bars A for an ordinary gate, would be one and a half inch -wide and three-eighths of an inch thick, but their size may be varied without departing om myl invention. v

The iron bars A are bent edgewise at the front and rear upper corners of the gate, so as to form an arch with a flattened top, as shown in fig. 1.

rlhe bars A, in forming the gate, are placed side by side, and to and between them are bolted the ends of the horizontal wooden barsB, forming alight, strong, durable, and substantial gate.

O are the hinges, which are placed between the ends of the wooden horizontal bars B and the iron bars A, and are secured in place by the same bolts by which the said bars B are secured to the said bars A.

D is a V-shaped iron brace-bar, which is bolted to the wooden bars B, and the ends of which are placed.

between and bolted te the upper or horizontal parts ofthe iron bars A, as shown in figs. .1 and 2.

I am aware that iron-flame gates have heretofore been made, and -I do not therefore claim this construction broadly; but

That I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The iron-frame gate, composed of the two parallel bars of iron, A, bent at their upper angles, and between whichl are secured the' horizontal wooden bars B, supported by a single V-shaped brace, D, as herein` shown and described.

Witnesses:

J. F. HIoKcox, SAML. MGOORD. 

